Post for garment-supporters.



A. T. VAN ALSTYN.

POST FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS. APPLICATION men OCT. 1. 1914'.

1,203,160. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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PATENT UFFIGE.

ALBERT '1- VAN ALSTYN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POST FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Application filed October 7, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. VAN Answer, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Posts for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporters in which a portion of the garment to be supported is clamped over a post, and more particularly to the post construction.

The main object of theinvention is to provide a post that is sufficiently yielding with respect to the cloth of the garment to be supported so that it will notin any way impair or destroy the cloth of the garment and yet have sufficient rigidity so that it may withstand the strains to which it is subjected when in supporting position due to the movements of the body of the wearer. To this end a metal frame has been provided having a hollow head conformation thereon, openings in the, body of said head, and a yielding substance such as rubber formed around and inside of said head and through the openings of the body of said head. The metal frame is sufiiciently resilient to yield when the post is clamped and yet has sufiicient rigidity to withstand the strains to which such supporter is subjected, while on the other hand, the rubber around said metal head coming in contact with the cloth of the garment to be supported is su'liiciently yielding to prevent impairing the cloth of such garment. Furthermore, the rubber disposed inside of the metallic head due to its resiliency will assist in distending the metal head to normal position again whenever the clamping strains are suspended. Still further, due to the formation of the rubber, besides forming around the outside of the metallic body, also forming in thehollow portion of the head and into the openings of its body portion, such rubber is securely anchored to said metallic head and bonded to itself. lhese and other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear from the subjoined, detailed description of specific embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which .1

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are plan, side and end views respectively, of one embodiment with the rubber formation secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the modification Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 31, itlifi.

Serial No. scenes.

illustrated in Fig. 1 in clamping position cooperating with the clamping means of a garment supporter. Figs. 4 and 5 are plan and side views, respectively, of the modification illustrated in Fig. 1 before the rubber formation has been seemed thereto. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and side views respectively of of another modification showing the metal frame before the rubber formation has been secured thereto. Figs. 8 and 9 are side and plan views respectively of a third modification with the rubber formation secured thereto. Fig. 10 is a plan view of a blank of the metal frame used with the modification illustrated in Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the metal frame of the modification illustrated in Fig. 8 before the rubber formation is secured thereto.

In the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 3 4: and 5, there is provided a sheet metal frame 1 bent to form two arms 2, 2 and a head member 3 bent upwardly there from and disposed intermediate said arms. The width of an arm in the construction illustrated is equal substantially to the dis tance from the rear outer edge of one arm to the front outer edge of the other arm while the altitude ofthe head member 3 is substantially one-fourth the width of an arm.

Each arm has rounded lateralends 5, 5 and comprises a skeleton conformation formed by an elongated slot 6 which extends the'greater part of the width of an arm. Through these slots 6 attaching means may be passed whereby the post is secured to the clamping means of a garment supporter.

Thehead member 3 is not quite as wide as the arms 2 and is composed of a series of head conformations 7, in the present instance four such head conformations being illustrated and spaced from one another by slots 8. Each head conformation 7 as shown in Fig. 3 has a shank 9 and an upper enlarged portion 10. This head member 3 forms a reinforcement for a yielding substance such as the rubber formation R, rubber being vulcanized thereto which locates inside and outside of the head member 3, the outside and inside formations being connected togetherby portions extending through the slots 8 and end openings of the head member 3 by which arrangement the rubber formation is securely anchored to the head member 8, and furthermore by means of the interior formation there is provided resilient means which assists in distending the shank portions 9 after compression on the same is suspended.

The rubber formation is rounded on its edges outside of the enlargements 10 and on its lateral edges; and at its lower outer ends terminates on the upper surfaces of the arms 2, 2, the interior formation terminating in a line that is slightly inwardly receding from a plane that is in line with the upper surfaces of the arms 2, 2.

When the head member 3 is compressed in clamping position, as shown in Fig. 3 the shank portions 9 of the head member 3 will slightly collapse toward one another and the interior rubber formation will compress and bulge outward at its lower end to form a portion that extends slightly outward from a plane that is in line with the upper surfaces of the arms 2, 2.

In Figs. 6 and 7 another form of sheet metal frame is provided which is substantially the same as the one illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, etc., with the exception of the head member. The head member 3 in this instance is formed of two head conformations 11, 11 spaced from one another by a slot 12, each head conformation having an orifice 13 in each of its shank portions 1 1 in an orifice 15 in the upper wall member of its enlargement 16. In this arrangement, the inside and outside rubber formations will connect with one another through the slot 12, the orifices 13 and 15, and the end openings in the head.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, a metal frame is provided which merely forms a head member about which and to which the rubber formation is secured. As illustrated in Fig. 10 a blank 17 is provided having a series of parallel slots 18 the series extending from one end of the blank to the other end but spaced apart from the sides of the blank. In each of the sides of the blank there are formed a series of slits 19 and 20 extending in the direction of the slots 18 and terminating a short distance from such slots 18, the slits 19 and 20 being staggered relative to one another. This blank is bent over into a cyl-' inder with its ends contacting or overlapping one another. The fingers 21 formed by the slits 19 are bent radially outward to form the enlargement 22 of the head member and fingers 23 formed by the slits 20 and bent radially outward to form the base 24 of the head member. The rubber is vulcanized to this head member and forms inside and outside of the same, the inside and outside portions connecting with one another through the slots 18 and through the upper and lower cylindrical openings through the head member. Forces of compression may Copies of this patent may be obtained for be applied to this head member in any direction around its shank portion 25 and when such compression is applied, it will be substantially evenly transmitted throughout the entire headmember.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction without departing from the general scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A post for a garment supporter having a metal frame comprising a head member, and two arms extending from said head member and forming a base for said post, said head member comprising a series of head conformations spaced from one another by slots, and a rubber formation vulcanized around said head and into said slots whereby it is securely anchored in place.

2. A post for a garment supporter having a metal frame comprising a head member and two arms extending from said head member and forming the base of said post, said head member being hollow and comprising a series of head conformations spaced from one another by slots, and a rubber formation vulcanized inside and outside of said head member and extending through the slots to connect the outside and inside portions with one another whereby saidrubber formation is securely anchored in place.

8. A post for a garment supporter having a metal frame comprising a head member, said head member being hollow and having a series of communications between the in side and outside of the same, and a rubber formation vulcanized inside and outside of said head member and extending through said communications to connect its outside and inside portions together whereby such rubber formation is securely anchored in place. 7

4. A post for a garment supporter having a hollow head member composed of metal, there being openings in said head member, and a yielding substance vulcanized inside and outside of said head member and vulcanized to extend through the openings in said head member to connect its outside and inside portions whereby the yielding substance is securely anchored in place.

5. A post for a garment supporter having a metal frame, comprising a base and a hollow yieldable head, and a yieldable substance yulranized around and in the interior of the iea ALBERT T. VAN ALSTYN.

Witnesses:

J. F. V. CHRISTOPHER, H. D. PENNEY.

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